62-10 Amend 335.01, Drivers or Commercial Drives License Required

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Placed on 1"Reading & Referred to the Public Safety Committee 9/8/10, 2"d Reading 9/20/10. Ordinance No.: 62-10 By: Antonio, Bullock, Butler, Madigan, Powers, Smith, Summers. AN ORDINACE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five (5) members elected to Council otherwise, it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest period allow by law, amending Section 335.01, Drivers or Commercial Driver's License Required,. of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood for the purpose of returning the penalty for a violation of this section to a misdemeanor of the first degree. WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five (5) members elected thereto determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure, and that this ordinance shall take effect at the earliest date possible as set forth in ARTICLE III, SECTONS 10 and 13 of the SECOND AMENDED CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LAICEWOOD, and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health and safety, and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments in that this error affects the sentencing ability of the Lakewood Municipal Court. Now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That Section 335.01, Drivers or Commercial Driver's License Required, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, currently reading as follows: 335.01 DRIVER'S OR COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIRED. (a) (1) No person, except those expressly exempted under Ohio R.C. 4507,03, 4507.04, and 4507.05, shall operate any motor vehicle upon a public road or highway or any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking in this Municipality unless the person his a valid driver's license issued under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4507 or a commercial driver's license issued under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4506. (2) No person, except a person expressly exempted under Ohio R.C. 4507.03, 4507.04, and 4507.05, shall operate any motorcycle upon a public road or highway or any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking in this Municipality unless the person has a valid license as a motorcycle operator that was issued upon application by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4507. The license shall be in the form of an endorsement, as determined by the Registrar, upon a driver's or commercial driver's license, if the person has a valid license to operate a motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle, or in the form of a restricted license as provided in Ohio R.C. 4507.14, if the person does not have a valid license to operate a motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle.